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W. F. FOLMER.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING IDENTIFYING PHOTOGRAPHS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20. 1918' 1,324,887. 7 Patented Dec. 16,1919.

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APPARATUS FOR MAKING IDENTIFYING PHOTOGRAPHS.

APPLJCATION FILED SEPTJQ. 1918.

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APPARATUS FOR MAKING IDENTIFYING PHOTOGRAPHS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.20. 191s.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

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WILLIAM F. FOL'MER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO EASTMAN KOlDAK COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING IDENTIFYING-PHOTOGRAPHS.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. FoLMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Making Identifying-Photographs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it-appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to photographic apparatus and has for-its object to provide a device by means of which photographs may be readily and quickly made of persons, together with such personal data as may be necessary for their complete identification, which photographs may be printed upon or applied to cards, pass-ports,- passes or other documents, andthe identity of the holder may be determined beyond question. At the present time these identification cards are used in large quantities in order to prevent unauthorized persons from entering factories where munitions are produced, and as the personnel of. the -working .force changes almost from day to day, it is essential that such cards be capable of production with rapidity and certainty. To these and other en'dsthe invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of an apparatus embodying my improvement,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, the up- .per portion of the casing for the illuminating devices and of the standards being shown in sections,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation looking from the lefthand side of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view taken on the line wm.of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line ofFig. 2, and

Fig. 6 is aVieW of the photograph made by use of the-apparatus.-

Similar reference numerals in the several views indicate the same parts.

The apparatus as a whole embodies certain measuring and indicatingdevicesand all or a portion of a photographic outfit- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

Application filed September 20, 1918. Serial No. 254,925.

mounted upon a support which is readily manipulated by a single operation. The supportmgframe of the device consists of a base portion 1 resting upon the floor, havng standards 2 provided with ways at their inner sides in which is guided a frame supportlng the camera, the measuring devices and suitable lighting appliances. to the front of the base or stationary support is a frame embodying a horizontal member 3 and an inclined bracing member 4, to the front end of which latter is attached a vertical member 5, bearing at its Inner edge a scale 6 containing indications marked off in feet and inches. As this scale is to indicate the height of the person photographed, it is only necessary that it should contain the indications in inches and half inches from four feet six inches up to six feet siX inches (4 6 up to 6 6"), although, if desired, it may contain other designations. mately the correct focal distance from the film or plate in' the camera to be used, so that the designations and the height indicator will appear sharply in the photograph to be taken. Mounted upon the standards 2 and vertically adjustable thereon is a table or support embodying the horizontal members 7 connected by the cross members 7 and the vertical members 8 sliding in guides formed in the inner sides of the standard. This frame is adapted to be adjusted vertically by suitable means, such as pinions 9 on a shaft 10 carrying a hand operating wheel 10*, said pinions meshing with racks 11 attachecLto one side of the vertical standards 2. The adjustable support or table carries at one end the camera 12- of any suitable construction, but preferably of fixed focus and of a, type embodying an oscillatory handle 13, which, when operated, will not only cause the eXposure of the film or plate, but will feed a new sensitized surface into position, in o rder that photographs of the subject may be taken rapidly by comparatively few and simple operations. Located upon the front end of the table or support *7 are the means for illuminating the subiiect photographed, consisting in the present" The face of this scale is at approxi- Attached pose of causing the image to appear more or less in relief, the opposite sides of the face are illuminated with lights of different intensity, thus, in the present instance, the chamber 15 contains a single electric bulb 15 while the chamber 16 contains a plurality of bulbs indicated by l6 and producing a more intense illumination of the left-hand side of the face of the person being photographed. Extending in the front of the light chambers are Wings 18 for the purpose of excluding the extraneous light, connected at the top by a cross piece 20,through which is provided an aperture 21 for the passage of the marking or measuring scale 6 when the camera frame is lowered to its extreme position. 22 indicates a marker or index in the form of a rod extending between the wings 1-.8, preferably having at its center a marker or enlargement 23, said index rod or that portion of it preferably containing the marker 23 being in the field of exposure of the camera and cooperating with the scale 6 to indicate in feet and inches the distance of said index above the fioor or support upon which the person being photographed stands. 40 indicates a curtain constituting a background or screen, supported at its upper end upon forwardly extending rods 41 attached to the wings 18. Secured at the front end of the table 7 is a changeable or variable designating device which may be set by the photographer standing in proximity to the camera so as to cause the picture produced, to contain identifying or designating matter relating to the individual being photographed, such as designating letters or numbers, or which may indicate the number or series of the particular pass or identification card appropriated to him. In the present instance this designating means consists of a plurality of series of. movable tablets containing designations such as letters or numbers, any of the tablets of each series being movable by the-operator into the field of the lens and preferably in proximity to the face of the person being photographed. The tablets indicated by 25, of each series are flexibly connected and are hung from polygonal blocks 27 mounted on a shaft 28, each block having at one side a pulley 29 around which is extended an endless belt 30 passing below a guide rod 31 and around a pulley 32 located in proximity to the camera. In the embodiment shown the first of the series of tablets indicated by 33 contains a designating letter of the alphabet, and the others in the series numerals from naught to nine (0 j to 9), and by manipulating the cords or cables 30, the camera operator can bring the appropriate tablets into the field of exposure. 45 indicates a cover plate arranged at the front of and preferably extending over the 65 indexing tablets, serving also as asubject positioning stop adapted to contact with the chest of the person photographed, so that his face will be substantially in the plane pf the scale and in the focus of the camera ens.

In using the apparatus the operator stands at the lefthand end of the instrument shown in Fig. 1, in convenient position to operate the camera and, the adjusting devices, and the person to be photographed stands at the opposite end, with his chest, or a portion of his body, in contact with the positioning stop 45. The operator by means of the hand wheel 9 adjusts the frame bearing the camera until the index rod 22 rests upon the head of the subject, whose height above the floor is thus indicated in feet and inches upon the scale 6. 'By manipulating the cords or belts 30, the tablets 25 appropriate to the particular subject are brought into the field of the camera and the subject and scales being suitably illuminated by the lamps, the exposure is made by operating the handle 13 of the camera or otherwise.

It will be noted that all the devices for adjusting-the parts and making the exposure are located in juxtaposition, so that a single operator can measure, designate and photograph the operatives when entering or leaving a building without delay and in practical use in many factories, the appara tus has been found eminently eflicient.

The negative made by the exposure, and consequently the print, will be substantially as shown in Fig. 6, and this picture applied to an identifying pass that would indicate at once the series and number either of the individual or the pass, his height and his facial characteristics.

Instead of mounting the illuminating devices upon the adjustable frame, they could be arranged otherwise, butit is desirable to employ the complete measuring, designating and photographic unit, WlllCll may be used in any situation and does not'require the services of a skilled operator.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent a stationary support, a vertically adjustable support mounted thereon, a photographic camera on the adjustable support, and indicating means arranged between the su ports comprised within the field of t e camera lens and cooperating with the subject photographed to indicate the relative adjustments of the supports.

2. A photographic apparatus embodying a stationary support, a verticall adjustable support mounted thereon, a p oto aphic camera on the adjustable-support an means arranged between the supports for indicating their relative adjustments comprised within the field of the camera lens.

. 1. A photographic apparatus embodying Ill 3. A photographic apparatus embodying two relatively adustable supports, a camera carried by one of them and both supports cooperating with the subject to be photographed, means for indicating the relative adjustments of the supports as determined by a dimension of the subject, said means being comprised within the field of the camera lens.

4. A photographic apparatus embodying two relatively adjustable supports, a camera carried by one of them and both supports 00- operating with the subject to be photographed, means for indicating the relative adjustments of the supports as determined by a dimension of the subject, and changeable designating means having operating devices arranged inproximity to the camera controlling devices, said indicating and designating means being comprised within the field of the camera lens.

5. In a photographic apparatus, the combination with a base carrying a scale, a vertically adjustable support thereon and a camera on the latter, of an indicator carried by said support adapted to cooperate with the upper portion of the subject to be photographed and with the scale on the base, said scale and indicator being within the field of the camera lens.

6. In a photographic apparatus, the combination with a base and a height scale thereon, of a support vertically adjustable on the base, having an indicator cooperating with the scale on the base and with the subject being photographed, apositioning stop for the subject, and a camera on the support, said scale and indicator being located within the field of the camera lens.

'7. In a photographic apparatus, the combination with a base, a support vertically adjustable on the b'ase,means for indicating their relative adjustments cooperating with the subject to be photographed, and means for adjusting said support, of a camera on the support having an exposure control, said support adjusting-means andexposure control arranged in juxtaposition and said indicating means being located within the field of the camera lens when covering the subject photographed.

8. In a photographic apparatus, the combination with a base, a support vertically adjustable thereon, a camera at one end of the support, a positioning stop at the other end of the support for locating the subject, and means for illuminating the subject mounted on the support, of a changeable designator, an indicator cooperatin With the subject and indicating the relative adjustments of the base and support, said designator and indicator being located within the field of the camera lens when the subject is being photographed.

9. In a photographic apparatus, the combination of a support,'a camera thereon, a subject positioning stop on the support in front of the camera, and illuminating devices of different intensity located on opposite sides of the lens axis and directing light rays upon the subject when adjacent the positioning stop.

10. In a-photographic apparatus, thecombination with a base, a vertically adjustable support thereon, of a camera, a subject positioning stop, and a subject illuminating device and an indicator for engaging the top of the head of the subject, all mounted upon and movable with the support, and a scale on the base, with which the indicator cooperates and arranged upon the base within the field of the camera lens.

WILLIAM F. FOLMER. 

